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Nowadays, the work of managers and teachers must be developed around the managerial aspects of quality management. Hence, the objective of this article was to analyze the educational management executed at the managerial and teaching levels in terms of pedagogical quality and social relevance in the Colombian Secondary Education scenario. It was based on the hermeneutic documentary analysis of primary and secondary sources. The results showed the need to understand educational management as a multidimensional construct leveraged on the complexity of the educational scenario, where the concept of pedagogical quality contributes at the same time the sense of an anthropological perspective that seeks excellence in the formation of the human being, and an administrative or functionalist perspective, which measures the efficiency of the educational system based on the results achieved in the quality indicators. It is in the first vision of quality where social relevance finds its purpose, in the search for an education for sustainable development, its purpose being to enable the educational community to acquire and put into practice the values, capacities, skills and knowledge necessary to contribute to a more sustainable society., En la actualidad el hacer de los directivos y docentes debe desarrollarse en torno a los aspectos gerenciales de una gestión de calidad. De alli que, el presente artículo tuvo como objetivo analizar la gerencia educativa ejecutada en los niveles directivo y docente en función de la calidad pedagógica y la pertinencia social en el escenario de la Educación Secundaria colombiana. Se fundamentó en el análisis hermenéutico documental de fuentes primarias y secundarias. Los resultados arrojaron la necesidad de entender la gerencia educativa como un constructo multidimensional apalancada en lo complejo del escenario formativo, donde el concepto de calidad pedagógica aporta al mismo tiempo el sentido de una perspectiva antropológica que busca la excelencia en la formación del ser humano, y una perspectiva administrativa o funcionalista, que mide la eficiencia del sistema educativo basada en los resultados alcanzados en los indicadores de calidad. Es en la primera visión de la calidad donde la pertinencia social encuentra su fin, en la búsqueda de una educación para el desarrollo sostenible, siendo su propósito posibilitar en la comunidad educativa la adquisición y puesta en práctica de valores, capacidades, habilidades y conocimientos necesarios para contribuir a una sociedad más sostenible.

The article deals with the historical underpinnings of English idioms. It investigates the areas of this concept, characterizes the meaning of an expression and the meaning of the term “etymology” and the root of English idioms. Idioms are cultural and social phenomena that reflect social mental characteristic of behavior, they relate to the communicative human behavior which suggests standards, rules and conventions of communication of this or that lingua-cultural community.

Observing familiar (known, recognisable) and socially relevant (personally important) faces elicits activation in the brain’s reward circuit. Although smiling faces are often used as social rewards in research, it is firstly unclear whether familiarity and social relevance modulate the processing of faces differently, and secondly whether this processing depends on the feedback context, i.e., if it is different when smiles are delivered depending on performance or in the absence of any action (passive viewing). In this preregistered study, we compared pupillary responses to smiling faces differing in subjective familiarity and social relevance. They were displayed in a passive viewing task and in an active task (a speeded visual short-term memory task). The pupils were affected only in the active task and only by subjective familiarity. Contrary to expectations, smaller dilations were observed in response to more familiar faces. Behavioural ratings supported the superior rewarding context of the active task, with higher reward ratings for the game than the passive task. This study offers two major insights. Firstly, familiarity plays a role in the processing of social rewards, as known and unknown faces influence the autonomic responses differently. Secondly, the feedback context is crucial in reward research as positive stimuli are rewarding when they are dependent on performance., Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Peer Reviewed

Reputation nowadays is a determinant of companies’ strategy. We used a qualitative study approach, based on semi-structured interviews. The choice of subject was motivated by recent scandals involving big corporations. We started therefore from the postulate that big corporations would rather not want to communicate on those issues. We still manage to include a major French group, Canal, and another important actor in professional and institutional communication in the East region of France. The rest of the company were start-ups to small-and-medium-sized enterprises. We aimed to gain on-field observations and cross-checking information from different sectors and positions. All the interviewees were chosen for their expertise and because we consider they have a direct hold on communication and therefore reputation within the company, being CEO, Founders, community, or marketing manager. This draws on elements of a case study or grounded theory approach. Our results show that reputation has an impact on non-financial performance while being one indicator of it at the same time. Drawing on past literature we realised how vast the subject is, involving other factors such as building a good relationship with the whole stakeholder environment, therefore considering corporate social responsibility. We confirmed how this is amplified with the use of new technologies and the influence of social media especially. Overall, we noticed a circling effect of the different factors coming into play. However, our findings remain very context-dependent. We do not produce generalisable results. We want to draw attention to the fact that our methodology is to be taken in the context of our time horizon, being only a set of interviews of specific firms in a specific period. We recognise the limits of this approach. Still, we believe we contributed to the management discussion with our practical and pragmatic method, leaving concrete suggestions. We observed as well societal implications

[ES] La institucionalización de la Gestión Cultural se presenta a partir de procesos de formación avanzada, producción científica, iniciativas y eventos que la promocionan, en cinco países de Iberoamérica entre 1998-2018. Esta investigación documental exploratoria-descriptiva, empleó fuentes secundarias y terciarias, y destaca el aporte interdisciplinario de la “vigilancia tecnológica”, como estrategia metodológica llevada al ámbito social. En los resultados, se da cuenta de la Gestión Cultural en relación a la dinámica de las publicaciones, los programas de especialización y la pertinencia social en Colombia, y por ende se reflexiona sobre el valor de la profesionalización en este campo. Se concluye que la formación en Gestión Cultural ha proliferado en cuanto a redes, programas y desarrollo teórico-metodológico., [EN] The institutionalization of Cultural Management is presented through advanced education processes, scientific publications, initiatives and events that promote it, in five Ibero-American countries between 1998-2018. This exploratory-descriptive documentary research used secondary and tertiary sources and highlights the interdisciplinary contribution of "technological monitoring" as a methodological strategy taken to the social ambit. The results are about Cultural Management in relation to scientific publication dynamic, postgraduate specialization programs, social relevance in Colombia, and the reflection of professionalization value in this field. It is concluded that education in Cultural Management has proliferated in terms of networks, postgraduate programs and theoretical-methodological development.

Bestuurskundig onderzoek wordt steeds vaker bekritiseerd vanwege een gebrek aan maatschappelijke relevantie. Drie zaken weerhouden bestuurskundigen van maatschappelijk relevant onderzoek: (1) het streven naar universele kennis; (2) het claimen van neutraliteit; en (3) het houden van afstand tot de praktijk. Deze zaken verhullen de rol van machtsprocessen en verschillende perspectieven in zowel de bestudeerde bestuurskundige praktijk als bij het uitvoeren van onderzoek. Hier liggen zowel de kern van het probleem als aanknopingspunten voor een andere onderzoeksbenadering. Ik stel phronetische bestuurskunde voor als alternatief. Phronetische bestuurskunde (1) erkent en gebruikt bewust de complexiteit van verschillende perspectieven van actoren, (2) maakt machtsprocessen zichtbaar en (3) kiest een positie in een dialoog over het te onderzoeken probleem door alternatieve toekomstscenario’s voor te stellen. Phronetisch onderzoek biedt een kansrijk, kritisch perspectief op bestuurskunde door zich te richten op een maatschappelijke bijdrage.

Transdisciplinary processes have been the subject of research since several decades already. Transdisciplinary processes are aimed at solving ill-defined and socially relevant problems. Many researchers have studied transdisciplinary processes and have tried to understand the essentials of transdisciplinarity. Many engineering problems can be characterised as ill-defined and socially relevant, too. Although transdisciplinary engineering cannot widely be found in the literature yet, a transdisciplinary approach is deemed relevant for many engineering problems. With this paper we aim to present an overview of the literature on research into transdisciplinary processes and investigate the relevance of a transdisciplinary approach in engineering domains. After a brief description of past research on transdisciplinarity, implications for engineering research, engineering practice, and engineering education are identified. In all three areas, the current situation is described, while challenges are identified that still exist. The paper ends with a research agenda for transdisciplinary engineering., Aerospace Transport & Operations

As primeiras rádios comunitárias surgiram no Brasil na década de 1980 como uma vertente de diversos movimentos de transmissões radiofônicas ilegais que aconteceram a partir dos anos 1970 sob inspiração das chamadas rádios piratas europeias. Embora já inseridas na legislação específica para os serviços de radiodifusão, ainda existem muitas rádios funcionando ilegalmente no país. Este trabalho verifica o panorama atual do rádio comunitário no Brasil evidenciando seu surgimento clandestino e buscando suas especificidades através do estudo de caso de uma rádio com características de emissora comunitária que funciona clandestinamente há quase duas décadas no interior do país., Las primeras radios comunitarias surgieron en Brasil en la década de 1980 como una vertiente de diversos movimientos de transmisiones radiofónicas ilegales que ocurrieron a partir de los años 1970 bajo la inspiración de las llamadas radios piratas europeas. Aunque ya están incluidas en la legislación específica para los servicios de radiodifusión, todavía existen muchas radios que funcionan ilegalmente en el país. Este trabajo verifica el panorama actual de la radio comunitaria en Brasil evidenciando su surgimiento clandestino y buscando sus especificidades a través del estudio de caso de una radio con características de emisora comunitaria que funciona clandestinamente hace casi dos décadas en el interior del país., The first community radios began to emerge in Brazil in the 1980s as a part of the illegal radio broadcasts that occur from the 1970s under the inspiration of the so-called European pirate radios. You are already included in the legislation for broadcasting services; in addition, there are many radios in activity illegally in the country. The work verifies the current panorama of the radio in Brazil evidencing its clandestine appearance and its specificities through the case study of a radio with characteristics of emission that operated clandestinely for almost two decades in the interior of the country

In the educational field, it is common to use different ways of referring to the issue of competences, such as the competency approach, competency-based training and competence assessment, among others. That is why, professional training based on competencies, is a reasonable option at the university level. The objective of this article is to offer points of view that allow a coherent application of the competency-based approach in the training of professionals, which contribute social relevance to their performance in the work field in correspondence with their profile. The recent processes of curricular design of new meshes for the careers that take place in Ecuadorian universities, justify the need for a more complete understanding of these aspects., En el ámbito educativo es frecuente la utilización de diferentes formas de referirse al asunto de las competencias, entre encontramos el enfoque de competencias, la formación por competencias, la evaluación por competencias, entre otras. Es por ello que, la formación profesional a partir de las competencias, constituye una opción razonable a nivel universitario. El objetivo del presente artículo es ofrecer puntos de vista que permitan una aplicación coherente del enfoque por competencias en la formación de los profesionales, que aporten pertinencia social a su desempeño en el campo laboral en correspondencia con su perfil. Los procesos recientes de diseño curricular de nuevas mallas para las carreras que se desarrollan en las universidades ecuatorianas, justifican la necesidad de una comprensión más cabal de estos aspectos.

In recent years, there has been a growing concern around the connection between theory and practice, rigour and relevance, theoretical consistency and impact. This Special Issue links with the literature on the co-production of knowledge and aims to extend the debate to the concept and practice of social value and social relevance, and their impact on different ways of knowing, researching and learning in organizations and in complex contexts and systems.

Die vorliegende Forschungsarbeit erforscht Transformationsprozesse von etablierten Gemeinden, die auf eine missionale Neuausrichtung zielen. Den Kern der Arbeit bildet die empirische Untersuchung des eränderungsprozesses der Freien evangelischen Gemeinde Darmstadt. Es wird untersucht, wie die Mitglieder diesen Prozess erlebt und wahrgenommen haben, um herauszufinden, wodurch dieser Prozess gefördert und gehemmt wurde. Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich außerdem mit der von Luhmann entwickelten systemischen Organisationstheorie, die dabei hilft zu verstehen, wie Gemeinde als Organisation funktioniert und was dies für deren Veränderung bedeutet. Es wird versucht die Ergebnisse der empirischen Forschung mithilfe dieser Theorie zu deuten und einzuordnen, um aufzuzeigen, inwiefern diese Theorie bei Veränderungsprozessen helfen kann, den Fokus auf die Aspekte zu lenken, die für eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung relevant sind. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, Hilfestellung für zukünftige Transformationsprozesse zu geben, indem sie fragt, was aus dem Prozess der Freien evangelischen Gemeinde Darmstadt und der systemischen Organisationstheorie gelernt werden kann., This MTh dissertation explores transformational processes of established churches, that aim towards missional renewal. Core of this thesis is the empirical study of the transformation-process of the Freie evangelische Gemeinde Darmstadt. The study explores the perception of the church members of this process, to find out ways it was supported and blocked. The thesis also deals with the theory of organized social systems by Luhmann, that helps to understand how local church works as an organization and what this means regarding change. The Thesis interprets the results of the empirical study based on this theory to show, how it can help depict those aspects, that are relevant to successfully implement transformational processes. Aim of this thesis is to give assistance to shape future transformational processes by asking what can be learned from the developments of the Freie evangelische Gemeinde Darmstadt and the theory of organized social systems.

The history of education, together with related historiographical output, reveals an ambiguous picture, especially in France. Although the infatuation for commemorations and other memorial duties cannot be denied, doubt is cast upon its very presence and identity in scientific research and university education in the face of a new, growing demand for social relevance. The issue raised here is not so much an argument against its evolution within a group social movement that the historian has but little grasp upon, but rather the search for new forms of «making the history of education» in the face of these new demands. Viewed under the lens of a «model of analysis of historiographical activity», the issue posed on the plane of History in general will be to find historiographical configurations able to integrate a certain type of social relevance without, however, betraying the roots of historical research. Such so-called «translatable», historiographical output, are interlinked with and dependent upon the existence of a «historiographical habitus» that must be contributed to and reinforced by education practitioners, as well as a kind of «decisional memory-making» function. However this dual role is subordinate to certain philosophical and epistemological conditions, namely: to accept the existence of anthropological invariables; to conceive the history of society as a complex web woven from the various interdependent strands of societal features; to define the history of education as a historical anthropology of education; and to favour modelling (an example is provided) as a means of restoring the historical reality.How to reference this articleTomamichel, S. (2016). L’histoire de l’éducation confrontée à son utilité sociale: approches et perspectives systémiques. Espacio, Tiempo y Educación, 3(1), 149-176. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/ete.2016.003.001.9, L’histoire de l’éducation, à l’instar des productions historiographiques dans leur ensemble, révèle, en France notamment, un visage contrasté. Si l’engouement pour les commémorations et autres devoirs de mémoire est patent, la recherche et l’enseignement universitaires à caractère scientifique, soumis à une forme d’utilité sociale nouvelle et accrue, voit son identité et sa présence remises en question. Le problème posé ici n’est pas de contester une évolution qui s’inscrit dans un mouvement d’ensemble de la société sur lequel l’historien n’a que peu de prise, mais de savoir sous quelle forme il est possible de «faire de l’histoire de l’éducation» face à ces exigences nouvelles. Abordé à travers le prisme d’un «modèle d’analyse de l’activité historiographique», le problème, posé au plan de l’Histoire en général, sera de rechercher des configurations historiographiques qui intègrent un certain type d’utilité sociale sans trahir ce qui est constitutif de la recherche historique. De telles productions historiographiques, qualifiées de «mobilisables» reposent, de manières liées, sur l’existence, chez les acteurs de l’éducation, d’un «habitus historiographique», qu’elles doivent contribuer à renforcer et sur une fonction de «mémoire décisionnelle». Mais cette double fonction est soumise à des conditions philosophiques et épistémologiques: accepter l’existence d’invariants anthropologiques; concevoir l’histoire des sociétés comme une tresse complexe dans laquelle se mêlent les différents aspects interdépendants de la société; définir l’histoire de l’éducation comme une anthropologie historique de l’éducation; privilégier la modélisation (dont il est donnée un exemple) pour restituer la réalité historique.How to reference this articleTomamichel, S. (2016). L’histoire de l’éducation confrontée à son utilité sociale: approches et perspectives systémiques. Espacio, Tiempo y Educación, 3(1), 149-176. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/ete.2016.003.001.9, L’histoire de l’éducation, à l’instar des productions historiographiques dans leur ensemble, révèle, en France notamment, un visage contrasté. Si l’engouement pour les commémorations et autres devoirs de mémoire est patent, la recherche et l’enseignement universitaires à caractère scientifique, soumis à une forme d’utilité sociale nouvelle et accrue, voit son identité et sa présence remises en question. Le problème posé ici n’est pas de contester une évolution qui s’inscrit dans un mouvement d’ensemble de la société sur lequel l’historien n’a que peu de prise, mais de savoir sous quelle forme il est possible de «faire de l’histoire de l’éducation» face à ces exigences nouvelles. Abordé à travers le prisme d’un «modèle d’analyse de l’activité historiographique», le problème, posé au plan de l’Histoire en général, sera de rechercher des configurations historiographiques qui intègrent un certain type d’utilité sociale sans trahir ce qui est constitutif de la recherche historique. De telles productions historiographiques, qualifiées de «mobilisables» reposent, de manières liées, sur l’existence, chez les acteurs de l’éducation, d’un «habitus historiographique», qu’elles doivent contribuer à renforcer et sur une fonction de «mémoire décisionnelle». Mais cette double fonction est soumise à des conditions philosophiques et épistémologiques: accepter l’existence d’invariants anthropologiques; concevoir l’histoire des sociétés comme une tresse complexe dans laquelle se mêlent les différents aspects interdépendants de la société; définir l’histoire de l’éducation comme une anthropologie historique de l’éducation; privilégier la modélisation (dont il est donnée un exemple) pour restituer la réalité historique.How to reference this articleTomamichel, S. (2016). L’histoire de l’éducation confrontée à son utilité sociale: approches et perspectives systémiques. Espacio, Tiempo y Educación, 3(1), 149-176. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/ete.2016.003.001.9

Introduction: University of Antioquia develops, in the Urabá region of Antioquia (Colombia), the program of Technology in Regency of Pharmacy (TRP), aimed at training in health promotion and disease prevention. Objective: To characterize the social relevance of the TRP program in the Urabá region, and its effect in health promotion and disease prevention. Materials and methods: cross-sectional study with descriptive metodology, in which four instruments were designed and aimed at graduates, employers, institutions and community in the region, to be applied by the students of the program in the region, for a period of six months. Results: Of 52 graduates surveyed, 51 were graduates of the region, and 48 of them were working, 42 in the region. Employers valued the contributions of the TRP, as good and excellent, in a 69.6%, 78.2% and 78.3%, for institutional performance, administrative and welfare, respectively. Related to the community, 212 of the 369 respondents identified the existence of the TRP in pharmacies/drugstores and they expected that she/he would give you information about the use of drugs. The social relevance was assessed as relevant and very relevant, in a 77.4%, a result that was similar to the relevance related to work. Conclusions: The study identifies a high degree of satisfaction with the functions of the TRP in pharmaceutical services and acceptance and identification of the TRF for the community. The TRP program is relevant in the region; its graduates are working in the region, performing duties commensurate with their training., Introducción: La Universidad de Antioquia desarrolla, en el Urabá antioqueño, el programa de Tecnología en Regencia de Farmacia (TRF), orientado a formar en promoción de la salud y prevención de la enfermedad. Objetivo: Caracterizar la pertinencia social y laboral del programa de TRF en la región de Urabá, y su efecto en la promoción de la salud y prevención de la enfermedad. Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo de corte trasversal, en el cual se diseñaron cuatro instrumentos, orientados a egresados, empleadores, establecimientos y comunidad de la región, para ser aplicados por estudiantes del programa en la región, durante un periodo de seis meses. Resultados: De 52 egresados encuestados, 51 eran de la región, y 48 de ellos estaban laborando, 42 en la región. Los empleadores valoraron los aportes del TRF, como bueno y excelente, en un 69.6%, 78.2% y 78.3%, para los desempeños institucional, procesos administrativos y asistenciales, respectivamente. En cuanto a la comunidad, 212 de los 369 encuestados, identificaron la existencia del TRF en farmacias/droguerías y esperan que le brinde información sobre el uso de los medicamentos. La pertinencia social fue valorada como pertinente y muy pertinente, en un 77.4%, resultado que fue similar para la pertinencia laboral. Conclusiones: El estudio identifica un alto de grado de satisfacción con las funciones del TRF en los servicios farmacéuticos y de aceptación e identificación del TRF por la comunidad. El programa de TRF es pertinente en la región, sus egresados están ubicados en la región, desempeñando funciones acordes con su formación.

The creation of sharing communities has resulted in the astonishing increasing of digital videos, and their wide applications in the domains such as entertainment, online news broadcasting etc. The improvement of these applications relies on effective solutions for social user access to video data. This fact has driven the recent research interest in social recommendation in shared communities. Although certain effort has been put into video recommendation in shared communities, the contextual information on social users has not been well exploited for effective recommendation. In this paper, we propose an approach based on the content and social information of videos for the recommendation in sharing communities. Specifically, we first exploit a robust video cuboid signature together with the Earth Mover's Distance to capture the content relevance of videos. Then, we propose to identify the social relevance of clips using the set of users belonging to a video. We fuse the content relevance and social relevance to identify the relevant videos for recommendation. Following that, we propose a novel scheme called sub-community-based approximation together with a hash-based optimization for improving the efficiency of our solution. Finally, we propose an algorithm for efficiently maintaining the social updates in dynamic shared communities. The extensive experiments are conducted to prove the high effectiveness and efficiency of our proposed video recommendation approach. Copyright © 2015 ACM.

The concept of product involvement is a relatively new concept. However, in recent times, lot of research has been carried out in this area. Marketers are trying to study buyer behavior based on their involvement with a product or service. In this research also, two contrasting product were selected representing two extreme levels of product involvement. A residential house which is a high involvement product and a toothpaste which is a low involvement product. Product involvement was found out for these products based on the factors determining involvement as propounded by Carmen Garcia et al. Further, correlation analysis was conducted to test the relationship between the factors determining product involvement separately for both the products and it was found that for residential house, there is a positive and significant correlation between all the factors. However, the same was not found for toothpaste. It was found that in case of toothpaste, the correlation between all the factors was low and insignificant. Thus, this differing mindset of buyers was observed which would be helpful for marketers while designing their marketing strategy for their products and services., O conceito de envolvimento de produto é um conceito relativamente novo. No entanto, nos últimos tempos, muita investigação tem sido efetuada nesta área. Os profissionais de Marketing estão tentando estudar o comportamento do comprador com base no seu envolvimento de um produto ou serviço. Nesta pesquisa, também, dois produtos de contraste foram selecionados representando dois níveis extremos de envolvimento com o produto. Uma casa residencial, que é um produto de alta envolvimento e um creme dental que é um produto de baixo envolvimento. Envolvimento de um produto foi encontrado para fora para estes produtos com base nos fatores que determinam a participação, como proposto por Carmen Garcia et al. Além disso, a análise de correlação foi conduzido para testar a relação entre os fatores que determinam o envolvimento do produto separadamente, tanto para os produtos e verificou-se que para casa residencial, há uma correlação positiva significativa entre e todos os fatores. No entanto, o mesmo não foi encontrado para pasta de dente. Verificou-se que no caso da pasta de dente, a correlação entre todos os fatores foi baixa e insignificante. Assim, essa mentalidade diferente de compradores foi observado que seria útil para os professionais de marketing ao projetar sua estratégia de marketing para seus produtos e serviços.

__Abstract__ This book is the result of a seminar (‘Social Impact @ Sciences: Why Does Science Matter?’ - ISS April 16, 2014). ISS invited representatives from academia, from the business community, policy-makers, the media and other relevant organisations to discuss the social impact and valorisation of science. This is a topic that has gained interest due to the new Standard Evaluation Protocol that will be used in the Netherlands to evaluate academic research from 2015-2021. The Protocol highlights the importance of social impact, but leaves the question of how to measure and/or report social impact unanswered, thereby challenging the academic community to develop methodologies. The discussion held at the seminar will have broader implications for that ‘work in progress’ (throughout the Netherlands, within the Erasmus University as a whole and at ISS). We invited the five keynote speakers each to provide a chapter for this publication and we added a further chapter that reports on the key perspectives shared during the discussions and four text boxes with examples of how ISS generates social impact.

__Abstract__ During the recently held expert meeting entitled “Social impact @ sciences: Why does Science matter?” organised by the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, an invited group of participants from academia, NGOs, ministries and the media shared their experiences, their perspectives and their concerns on a number of topics on the theme of social impact and the societal relevance of social science research. The meeting was conducted under Chatham House Rule. This meeting gave the participants an opportunity for reflection not only on the broader topic of the social impact of scientific research but also an opportunity for self reflection as professionals and individuals. In the following section of this chapter, the key perspectives shared during the meeting will be presented.

This text explores the dilemma of reading or not reading in this information society, drawing on the conceptualization of what reading means for authors such as Bakhtin, Eco, Ingarden and Nyenhuis; for the author, reading is an action in the world and a dialogue with reality in order to humanize it., En este texto se indaga en el dilema de leer o no leer en esta sociedad de la información, acudiendo a la conceptualización de lo que significa leer para autores como Bajtín, Eco, Ingarden y Nyenhuis; para el autor, la lectura es una acción en el mundo y un diálogo con la realidad para humanizarla.

This special issue stems from the debate that has been developed within the Cost Action ISO906 Transforming Audiences Transforming Societies (TATS) around the policy implications of scientific knowledge produced in the field of audience research. One of the main objectives of the research activities of the TATS Cost Action is to produce rigorous empirical knowledge on the more challenging topics of current mediascapes, as media participation, determining trustworthiness, vulnerable or gullible audience segments, which is also beneficial to all these stakeholders. This purpose has been achieved through the development of a multi-faceted debate ‒ comprising both theoretical conceptualizations and dialogical exchanges with stakeholders ‒ on the kind and value of the contributions that academia as a critical and semi-autonomous field can make to external societal arenas, like civil society, institutions and areas of production.

In dieser Forschungsarbeit werden Lebensgemeinschaften (LGs) untersucht, die als Lebensgemeinschaft Jugendarbeit betreiben. Ziel dieser Untersuchung ist es, Chancen und Grenzen dieser LG Jugendarbeit aufzuzeigen, missionale Jugendarbeit zu sein, um sie für die klassische Jugendarbeit fruchtbar zu machen. Hierfür werden anhand des aktuellen Forschungsstands zunächst entscheidende Begrifflichkeiten je nach Fachgebiet theologisch oder pädagogisch beleuchtet. Danach werden die zu untersuchenden LGs und deren Arbeit konzeptionell vorgestellt. Anschließend erfolgt die Darstellung der Planung und Durchführung des Forschungsprozesses anhand des empirisch-theologischen Praxiszyklus (ETP). Dem folgend werden die Ergebnisse der auf neun qualitativen Interviews basierenden Analyse nach dem Prinzip der Grounded Theory dargestellt. Diese Ergebnisse werden anschließend mit den theologischen und pädagogischen Erkenntnissen der aktuellen Forschung zum Thema zusammengeführt, um Thesen für eine missionale Jugendarbeit zu formulieren. Diese Thesen sollen einen Beitrag zur missionalen Diskussion im besonderen Hinblick auf gesellschaftsrelevante Jugendarbeit leisten., This research study examines Christian communities which are, as community, involved in youth ministry. It is the objective of this investigation to reveal the potential and limits of these youth ministries as they attempt to be missional, and to utilise the results to make more traditional forms of youth ministry more effective. For this purpose, essential terms will first be theologically or pedagogically analysed, depending on the subject area examined and according to the current state of research. Then, the studied communities and their ministry will be conceptually presented. Subsequently, the planning and implementation of the research process, according to the Empirical-Theological Praxis Cycle (ETP), will be described. Following this, the results of the analysis, based on nine qualitative interviews conducted according to the principles of Grounded Theory, will be portrayed. These results will then be brought together with the theological and pedagogical insights of current research on the topic, in order to produce propositions for a missional youth ministry. These propositions aims to offer a contribution to the missional debate with particular reference to socially relevant forms of youth ministry.

The approach of social relevance demands to any public university to put its substantive functions in the complexity and dynamism of the globalization process in order to reaffirm, with prospective vision, the scientific role in society and the commitment to contribute to the development of local communities. Only under better conditions for dialogue with the environment and constant self-criticism of the work undertaken by learned societies may hereafter prove, from the institutional status, its degree of social relevance. It is through this work of case study in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (uaemex), that the social relevance of scientific research projects is explored and establishes some of the challenges that will face the public institution in the future., El enfoque de pertinencia social exige que toda universidad pública sitúe sus funciones sustantivas en la complejidad y dinamismo del proceso de globalización a fin de reafirmar, con visión prospectiva, su papel científico en la sociedad y el compromiso de coadyuvar al desarrollo de las comunidades locales. Únicamente, bajo mejores condiciones de diálogo con el entorno y permanente autocrítica hacia las tareas, las sociedades académicas podrán en lo sucesivo demostrar, desde la condición institucional, su grado de pertinencia social. Es a través del estudio de caso realizado en la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEMEX) que se explora la pertinencia social de los proyectos de investigación científica y se establecen algunos de los retos que deberá enfrentar la institución pública en el futuro.

The present article approaches about thematic that bellows to the evolution, advances and perspective of the Investigation in the Pedagogical University Experimental Liberator (UPEL). It considers like investigation of documentary and descriptive character, whose intention is to exhibit the present state research in the UPEL. With such aim historical aspects are reviewed, structural and of relevance of the research. One is that in historical happening of the investigation in the university, elements are appraised that have made drowsy this function, concrete in the characterization of the works of research; nevertheless, the presence of legal instruments and the constant reformulation of the policies of financing of the research has given to a new sense and impulse it. Similarly one settles down that one of the enhancing variables of the research, is the organizational structure and managemental of the research in the university. In order to give an answer to relevance, we characterized in five categories the research realized in the UPEL, which is exposed in a brief way. Finally, there are some aspects that indicate that the research in our University tends to fortify itself, and ideas for their advance and consolidation., No presente artigo se aborda a temática correspondente à evolução, avanços e perspectivas da Pesquisa na Universidade Pedagógica Experimental Libertador (UPEL) de Venezuela. Apresenta-se uma indagação de caráter documental e descritiva, cujo propósito é expor o estado atual da pesquisa na UPEL. Com tal finalidade, são revisados aspectos históricos, estruturais e de pertinência da investigação. Percebe-se que no devenir histórico a pesquisa na dita universidade, apreciam-se elementos que letargiaram esta função, palpável na caracterização dos trabalhos de pesquisa; todavia, a presença de instrumentos legais e a constante reformulação das Políticas de financiamento da pesquisa lhe deram um novo sentido e impulso. De igual forma, se estabelece que uma das variáveis favorecedoras para a dita atividade é a estrutura organizativa e gerencial que administra a pesquisa na dita Universidade (Vice-reitorado de Pesquisa e Pos-graduaçãoestrutura organizativa e gerencial que administra a pesquisa na dita Universidade (Vice-reitorado de Pesquisa e Pos-graduaçao, En el presente artículo se aborda la temática correspondiente a la evolución, avances y perspectivas de la Investigación en la Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador (UPEL) de Venezuela. Se plantea como una indagación de carácter documental y descriptiva, cuyo propósito es exponer el estado actual de la investigación en la UPEL. Con tal fin, se revisan aspectos históricos, estructurales y de pertinencia de la investigación. Se encuentra que en el devenir histórico la investigación en dicha universidad, se aprecian elementos que han aletargado esta función, palpable en la caracterización de los trabajos de investigación; sin embargo, la presencia de instrumentos legales y la constante reformulación de las Políticas de financiamiento de la investigación le han dado un nuevo sentido e impulso. De igual forma se establece que una de las variables favorecedoras para dicha actividad, es la estructura organizativa y gerencial que administra la investigación en dicha Universidad (Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Postgrado a nivel del Rectorado y las Subdirecciones de Investigación y Postgrado a nivel de los Institutos). Para dar respuesta a la pertinencia, caracterizamos en cinco categorías las investigaciones realizadas en la UPEL, las cuales son expuestas de manera sucinta. Por último, se muestran algunos indicadores que señalan que la investigación en esta Universidad tenía una tendencia a fortalecerse, antes del recorte presupuestario del año 2008. Se presentan lineamientos generales para superar ese letargo y avanzar hacia su consolidación.

Psychology social relevance is a widley addressed topic. Some positions considering psychology as a science assert that it cannot be included in political related matters, since they are beyond its competence. Present article intends to address and discuss some ideas about the unavoidable relationship between science and politics in psychology and a potential link based on a rights perspective and on the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists., La relevancia social de la psicología es un tema que ha sido abordado ampliamente en diferentes espacios de la psicología. Incluso caben las posiciones que sostienen que siendo la psicología una ciencia no podría referirse en asuntos que están dentro del orden de la política, lo cual no sería de nuestra competencia. El presente escrito pretende abordar y discutir algunas ideas en torno a la relación ineludible entre ciencia y política en psicología y un posible nexo basado en una perspectiva de derechos y la Declaración Universal de Principios Éticos de los psicólogos.